Fionnuala
About Fionnuala
This lovely Gaelic name, very popular in the Emerald Isle, has inspired a whole host of diminutives (including Nuala and Nola) and variant spellings, from Finola to Finula to the Scottish and English Fenella. In Irish legend Fionnuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for 900 years.
Pronounced fin-OO-uh-luh; fin-WEL-uh.
As of October 2026, Fionnuala ranked #13770 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #9258 in 2003.
Editor's take: The name Fionnuala is a girl's name of Irish Gaelic origin meaning "white shoulders".
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Fionnuala on lists
Famous Fionnualas
- Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan
Irish actress
- Fionnuala Nic Dhomhnaill aka Ineen Dubh
16th century ruler of Tyrconnell, Ireland
- Fionnuala Kenny
wife of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny
- Fionnuala Sweeney
Irish newscaster
- Fionnuala McCormack
Irish Olympic runner
- Fionnuala Sherry
Irish musician of duo Secret Garden
- Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta
Irish actress
- Fionnuala Ellwood
Irish actress
- Fionnuala Gygax
Irish actress
Fionnuala in pop culture
- Fionnuala
daughter of Lir and Eve in the Irish myth The Children of Lir
- Fionnuala
character in the movie "The Secret of Roan Inish"